Jerusalem Restaurants - the complete guide

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French Restaurants

in Jerusalem

Jersualem is home to many French people and naturally houses some exceptional French restaurants. You will be spoilt for choice when you want to experience the classic French cooking delivered with style, panache and oustanding flavors

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After many years in the City Center's Feingold Courtyard, Adom, part of a growing empire of Jerusalem bistros, is now located in the new First Station at the Old Train Station Plaza.
The restaurant specializes in wines and international cuisine which mixes local ingredients and flavors with a heavy continental influence, especially French and Italian. The read more

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Much like its angelic namesake usually does in the Bible and Quran, Gabriel comes bearing a timely message: diners need not choose between bending to the dictates of a higher power and those of international haute cuisine. Fine dining can be kosher, and Gabriel is the proof.

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Yet another elegant, distinguished dining establishment in an area filled to the brim with them, the venerable Finegold Courtyard, Eldad v'Zehoo (Eldad and That's All) serves traditional French cuisine with an unmistakable Jerusalem flair – and it's kosher, too, having made the switch in late 2007. Not content merely with its classic timeworn Jerusalem stone setting, Eldad v'Zehoo read more

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Shlomtzion Hamalka Street may be Jerusalem's trendiest restaurant and bar strip, but nestled in the quieter streets branching off from it (Ben Sira and Ben Shetach) are a number of the city's finest gourmet European-style establishments. Among the impressive offerings of this small area is Cavalier, a classy French bistro with enough of an international flair to give it the cosmopolitan read more

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Jerusalem restaurants tends to group in small areas according to type and clientele, which can make restaurant-browsing in the Holy City that much easier. Shlomtzion Hamalka is lined with dimly lit bar/restaurants for the young professional set; Emek Refaim features an abundance of upscale kosher eateries catering to a largely English-speaking crowd; and the area between Rivlin Street and Shlomtzion read more

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The wealth of French restaurants around Jerusalem skew heavily toward the meat side (foie gras anyone?), which is part of what makes the French-Italian eatery Dan Hills so special: its dairy menu. Aside from crepes (both savory and sweet), paninis, foccacias, pastas and pizzas, the kosher restaurant boasts a number of gratins, certainly not standard fair for the Jerusalem dining scene. Located read more

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Situated in the heart of the historic Nachalat Shiva quarter, Gourmet brings authentic French fare with a Parisian pedigree to the Holy City's dining scene. The restaurant's owners are French restaurateurs, and their family recipes and exacting culinary standards have been transported intact from the Fourth Arrondissement direct to downtown Jerusalem.
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The King David Hotel stands on the street that bears its name as a testament to the long-gone era of the British Mandate for Palestine, when Christians, Arabs and Jews jockeyed for control of the city. Then, the hotel's bar could hold all at once a group of British officers, a bartender secretly spying for the Irgun and an Arab waiter working for the Arab nationalist groups. The murky political read more

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Recent spikes in the rate of anti-Semitic incidents in France have sent French aliya (Jewish immigration to Israel) numbers through the roof, making the French an increasingly visible group in Jerusalem. Dispiriting as the situation may objectively be, France's loss is Israel's gain, as French Jews bring with them a touch of the French approach to cuisine - and some seriously good baguettes.

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A newer entry into Jerusalem's rapidly-growing gourmet dining/specialty chef restaurant scene, a culinary revolution that has robbed snooty Tel Avivians of their long-standing right to scoff at Jerusalem's provincialism, Terra specializes in the kind of Middle East-inflected French/Italian fusion cuisine that Jerusalem's trendy young professionals read more

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To the center of town's abundant dining options now comes Alma, where the fine dining atmosphere sharply contrasts the loud active crowds on the Rivlin pedestrian walkway. The food consists of mostly well-done French fare with an occasional middle eastern flare. Offerings include salads, fish and all manner of meat, including steaks, lamb, chicken and veal. Come midday and enjoy the business read more

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Jerusalem French Restaurants

Jerusalem's French Restaurants are all concentrated in the city center and their appearance refleccts a growing French influence in the city. Each of these restaurants showcases French cooking at it's very best; from Le Regence situated in the grand King David Hotel to Eldad V'Zeoo and Alma. The Chef of Le Regence David Biton is one of the foremost culinary figures, not only in Jerusalem, but on the internationl stage.

The restaurant is a showcase for his passion, imagination and creativity utilising the freshest seasonal and most locally available produce. Eldad V'Zehoo is also an intriguing place. Now under Kosher-supervision (for years it was not), it is still housed in its charming setting in the Finegold Courtyard. The food seems to draw inspiration from the surroundings, a relaxed and warm vibe with traditional French fare the order of the day. All of the city center French Restaurants are geared to the carnivores, with the exception of Dan Hills.

Located in the boutique Harmony Hotel on Yoel Salomon St, this dairy French-Italian restaurant provides a much-needed contrast to all that meat. With savory and sweet crepes, foccacia, pizza and a host of gratins, which are unusual additions to a Jerusalem menu.